French Navy
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Personnel
- Active: 226,000
- Reserve: 85,000
The fleet
Aircraft carriers
- 1 Louis XIV class supercarrier
- 50 Rafale M multirole fighters
- 20 Super Étendard strike fighters
- 5 EA-6 Prowler electronic warfare aircraft
- 5 C-12 Huron reconnaissance aircraft
- 4 E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft
- 6 Eurocopter AS 565 SA/SB Panther ASW helicopters
- 2 ES-3S Viking ELINT aircraft
- 2 C-2 Greyhound COD aircraft
- 6 Eurocopter AS 565 MA/MB Panther naval search and rescue helicopters
- 2 Henri de la Rochejaquelein class supercarriers
- 45 Rafale M multirole fighters
- 15 Super Étendard strike fighters
- 5 EA-6 Prowler electronic warfare aircraft
- 5 C-12 Huron reconnaissance aircraft
- 4 E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft
- 6 Eurocopter AS 565 SA/SB Panther ASW helicopters
- 2 ES-3S Viking ELINT aircraft
- 2 C-2 Greyhound COD aircraft
- 6 Eurocopter AS 565 MA/MB Panther naval search and rescue helicopters
- 5 Charles XI class class carriers
- 20 Rafale M multirole fighters
- 8 Super Étendard strike fighters
- 2 E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft
- 10 Eurocopter Dauphin transport/utility helicopters
Projection and command vessels
- 20 Mistral class landing platform docks
- 35 Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopters
- 3 Richelieu class battleships
- 8 Orleans class cruisers
Helicopter carriers
- 18 Jeanne d'Arc helicopter carriers
- 4 Westland Super Lynx 300 maritime attack helicopters
- 2 Aérospatiale Puma utility helicopters
- 2 Aérospatiale Gazelle utility/attack helicopters
- 2 Aérospatiale Alouette III light utility helicopters
Submarines
- 5 Le Redoutable class ballistic missile submarines
- 10 Le Triomphant class ballistic missile submarines
- 6 Rubis class nuclear attack submarines
- 4 Barracuda class nuclear attack submarines
- 30 Scorpène class diesel-electric attack submarines
First rank frigates (destroyers)
- 12 Cassard class anti-air frigates
- 10 Suffren class anti-air frigates
- 14 Georges Leygues class anti-submarine frigates
- 11 Tourville class anti-submarine frigates
Second rank frigates
- 30 La Fayette class light multi-mission frigates
- 15 Floréal class light frigates
Patrol ships
- 30 P400 class patrol vessels
- 20 Flamant class patrol vessels
Minesweepers
- 18 Tripartite class minehunters
Auxillaries
- 9 Foudre LPD (Landing Platform Dock)
- 16 BATRAL light transport ships
- 25 Sabre class landing craft
- 12 Abeille Flandre class high sea tugs
- 5 Dupuy de Lôme class intelligence ships
- 4 Lapérouse class oceanography ships
- 3 Jules Verne mobile mechanics ships
- 10 Durance class tankers
- 14 BSM class support ships